4687. mitsvah

Strong's Lexicon

mitsvah: Commandment

Original Word: מִצְוָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: mitsvah
Pronunciation: mits-VAH
Phonetic Spelling: (mits-vaw')
Definition: Commandment
Meaning: a command

Word Origin: Derived from the root צָוָה (tsavah), meaning "to command" or "to order."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G1785 (ἐντολή, entolē): Often translated as "commandment" in the New Testament, reflecting the continuation of the concept of divine commandments in the Christian context.

Usage: The term "mitsvah" refers to a commandment or directive given by God, often found within the context of the Torah. It encompasses both moral and ceremonial laws that were given to the Israelites. The commandments are seen as divine instructions meant to guide the people in their relationship with God and with one another.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the commandments were central to the covenant relationship between God and His people. They were given to Moses on Mount Sinai and are recorded in the Torah, particularly in the books of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The commandments were not only religious obligations but also served as a legal and ethical framework for the community. Observance of the commandments was a sign of faithfulness and devotion to God.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from tsavah
Definition
commandment
NASB Translation
command (15), commanded (7), commandment (34), commandments (118), commands (2), obligation (1), prescribed (2), terms (1), things (4), tradition* (1), what (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מִצְוָה₁₈₁ noun feminine commandment; — ׳מ Proverbs 6:23 +; construct מִצְוִת Joshua 22:3 +; suffix מִצְוָ˜תְךָ Deuteronomy 26:13; Psalm 119:96; מִצְוָתוֺ Numbers 15:81; plural מִצְוֺת absolute Leviticus 26:14 +(מִצְווֺת Nehemiah 9:14); construct Nehemiah 4:2 +; suffix מִצְוֺתַי Genesis 26:5 +, etc.; — not used before D and Jeremiah; in Jeremiah only of man's commands; not Ezekiel nor Minor Prophets, except Malachi; —

1 commandment, of man: king, 1 Kings 2:43; 2 Kings 18:36 = Isaiah 36:21; 2Chronicles 8:15 14t.; אב ׳מ Jeremiah 35:14,16,18; Proverbs 6:20; אנשׁים ׳מ Isaiah 29:13; plural only Jeremiah 35:18; Proverbs 10:8; Nehemiah 10:33; המצוה, the order (title of property) Jeremiah 32:11.

2 of God:

a. singular the commandment, code of law: 2 Chronicles 8:13; Ezra 10:3; Psalm 19:9; especially of D ׳שׁמר המ Deuteronomy 8:1,25t. D; ׳עשׂח המ Deuteronomy 6:25; Deuteronomy 15:5; אשׁר צוּה ׳(ה)מ) Deuteronomy 26:13; Deuteronomy 30:11; Deuteronomy 31:5; ׳סוּר מִן המ Deuteronomy 17:20; הֵפַר ׳מ Numbers 15:31 (P); "" תּוֺרָה Exodus 24:12 (R^D) Joshua 22:5 (D) 2 Chron 14:3; 2 Chronicles 31:21; +חֻקִּים, מִשְׁמָּטִים Deuteronomy 5:28; Deuteronomy 6:1 +.

b. plural of commands of D and later codes with 2 plural (ye shall, shall not; Br^{Hex. new ed., 246 ff.}), Leviticus 4:2 5t. P, Isaiah 48:18 25t. (late; especially Psalm 119:20 t.); ׳שׁמר מ Exodus 20:6 (R) Leviticus 22:31 (H) Deuteronomy 4:2 10t. D, 1 Kings 14:8; 2 Kings 18:6 5t.; ׳עשׂה מ Leviticus 26:14 (H) + 5 t.; ׳שׁמע מ Deuteronomy 11:13 4t.; אשׁר צוּה ׳המ Leviticus 27:34 (H); ׳עבר מ Deuteronomy 26:13; 2Chronicles 24:20; ׳עזב מ 1 Kings 18:18; 2 Kings 17:16; Ezra 9:10; ׳הפר מ Ezra 9:14; in combinations, especially by Redactors and late writers; order various: (1) with חֻקִּים Exodus 15:26 (R^D) Deuteronomy 4:40; Ezra 7:11 +; ׳ח + משׁפטים Deuteronomy 26:17; 1 Kings 8:58; Nehemiah 1:7; Nehemiah 10:30; + משׁפטים, תורות Nehemiah 9:18; + תורה Nehemiah 9:14; + עדוֺת Deuteronomy 6:17; 1 Chronicles 29:19; 2Chronicles 34:31. (2) with חֻקּוֺת Leviticus 26:3 (H) Deuteronomy 6:2; Deuteronomy 10:13 + 9t.; ׳ח + משׁפטים Leviticus 26:15; Deuteronomy 8:11; Deuteronomy 11:1; Deuteronomy 30:16; 1 Kings 6:12 + תורה, משׁפטים Psalm 89:32, + משׁפטים, עֵדְוֺת 1 Kings 2:3; + תּוֺרוֺת Genesis 26:5 (R^D); +עדוֺת 2 Kings 23:3. (3) with משׁפטים Numbers 36:13 (P) 1 Chronicles 28:7; Nehemiah 9:29; Daniel 9:5; with תורות Exodus 16:28 (R), with ערות Nehemiah 9:34.

c. of special commands of God 1 Samuel 13:13; 1 Kings 13:21; 2Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 13:5; Malachi 2:1,4; Job 23:12.

3 commandment, singular, of code of wisdom Proverbs 19:16, "" תורה Proverbs 6:23, "" דבר Proverbs 13:13; plural of special commands Proverbs 2:1; Proverbs 3:1; Proverbs 4:4; Proverbs 7:1,2.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

which was commanded, law, ordinance, precept

From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law) -- (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

see HEBREW tsavah

Forms and Transliterations

בְּ֝מִצְוֹתָ֗יו בְּמִצְוַ֖ת בְּמִצְוַ֣ת בְּמִצְוַ֥ת בְּמִצְוֹתֶ֗יךָ בְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ במצות במצותיו במצותיך הַמִּצְוָ֔ה הַמִּצְוָ֖ה הַמִּצְוָ֗ה הַמִּצְוָ֛ה הַמִּצְוָ֜ה הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַמִּצְוָ֥ה הַמִּצְוָ֨ה הַמִּצְוֹ֖ת הַמִּצְוֹ֗ת הַמִּצְוֹ֞ת המצוה המצות וְהַמִּצְוָ֔ה וְהַמִּצְוָֽה׃ וְהַמִּצְוָה֙ וְכַמִּצְוָ֗ה וּ֝מִצְוֹתַ֗י וּֽמִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ וּבְמִצְוֹתָ֖יו וּבַמִּצְוָ֔ה וּכְמִצְוַ֥ת וּמִצְו֤וֹת וּמִצְוֹ֖ת וּמִצְוֹתַ֔י וּמִצְוֹתָ֖יו וּמִצְוֹתָ֛יו וּמִצְוֹתָ֥יו וּמִצְוֹתָיו֮ ובמצוה ובמצותיו והמצוה והמצוה׃ וכמצוה וכמצות ומצוות ומצות ומצותי ומצותיו ומצותיך כְּמִצְוַ֖ת כְּמִצְוַ֣ת כְּמִצְוַ֤ת כְּמִצְוַ֥ת כְמִצְוַת־ כמצות כמצות־ לְמִצְוָה֮ לְמִצְוֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ לְמִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ לְמִצְוֹתָ֑י לְמִצְוֹתָ֔יו למצוה למצותי למצותיו למצותיך מִ֝צְוָ֗ה מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָ מִ֭צְוָה מִ֭צְוֹתֶיךָ מִמִּצְוֹ֧ת מִמִּצְוֹתֶ֖יךָ מִמִּצְוֹתֶ֖ךָ מִמִּצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ מִצְוַ֖ת מִצְוַ֞ת מִצְוַ֣ת מִצְוַ֥ת מִצְוַ֨ת מִצְוַת֙ מִצְוָ֔ה מִצְוָת֖וֹ מִצְוָתְךָ֖ מִצְוָתְךָ֣ מִצְוֹ֑ת מִצְוֹ֔ת מִצְוֹ֖ת מִצְוֹ֣ת מִצְוֹ֣ת ׀ מִצְוֹ֤ת מִצְוֹ֥ת מִצְוֹ֧ת מִצְוֹת֙ מִצְוֹת֩ מִצְוֹתֶ֑יךָ מִצְוֹתֶ֑ךָ מִצְוֹתֶ֔יךָ מִצְוֹתֶ֣יךָ מִצְוֹתֶ֥יךָ מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃ מִצְוֹתַ֔י מִצְוֹתַ֖י מִצְוֹתַ֜י מִצְוֹתַ֣י מִצְוֹתַ֥י מִצְוֹתָ֑י מִצְוֹתָ֔יו מִצְוֹתָ֖יו מִצְוֹתָ֗יו מִצְוֹתָ֜יו מִצְוֹתָ֣יו מִצְוֹתָ֤יו מִצְוֹתָ֥יו מִצְוֹתָֽי׃ מִצְוֹתָֽיו׃ מִצְוֹתָו֙ מִצְוֹתָיו֙ מִצְוֹת־ ממצות ממצותיך ממצותיך׃ ממצותך מצוה מצות מצות־ מצותו מצותי מצותי׃ מצותיו מצותיו׃ מצותיך מצותיך׃ מצותך bə·miṣ·waṯ bə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw bə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā ḇə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā bəmiṣwaṯ bəmiṣwōṯāw bəmiṣwōṯeḵā ḇəmiṣwōṯeḵā bemitzVat bemitzvoTav bemitzvoTeicha chemitzvat ham·miṣ·wāh ham·miṣ·wōṯ hammiṣwāh hammiṣwōṯ hammitzVah hammitzVot kə·miṣ·waṯ ḵə·miṣ·waṯ- kəmiṣwaṯ ḵəmiṣwaṯ- kemitzVat lə·miṣ·wāh lə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw lə·miṣ·wō·ṯāy lə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā ləmiṣwāh ləmiṣwōṯāw ləmiṣwōṯāy ləmiṣwōṯeḵā lemitzVah lemitzvoTai lemitzvoTav lemitzvoTeicha mim·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā mim·miṣ·wōṯ mimitzVot mimitzvoTecha mimitzvoTeicha mimmiṣwōṯ mimmiṣwōṯeḵā miṣ·wā·ṯə·ḵā miṣ·wā·ṯōw miṣ·wāh miṣ·waṯ miṣ·wō·ṯāw miṣ·wō·ṯay miṣ·wō·ṯāy miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā miṣ·wōṯ miṣ·wōṯ- miṣwāh miṣwaṯ miṣwāṯəḵā miṣwāṯōw miṣwōṯ miṣwōṯ- miṣwōṯāw miṣwōṯay miṣwōṯāy miṣwōṯeḵā Mitzvah mitzVat mitzvateCha mitzvaTo mitzVot mitzvoTai mitzvoTav mitzvoTecha mitzvoTeicha ū·ḇam·miṣ·wāh ū·ḇə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw ū·ḵə·miṣ·waṯ ū·miṣ·wō·ṯāw ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay ū·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā ū·miṣ·wō·wṯ ū·miṣ·wōṯ ūḇammiṣwāh ūḇəmiṣwōṯāw uchemitzVat ūḵəmiṣwaṯ ūmiṣwōṯ ūmiṣwōṯāw ūmiṣwōṯay ūmiṣwōṯeḵā ūmiṣwōwṯ umitzVot umitzvoTai umitzvoTav umitzvoTeicha uvammitzVah uvemitzvoTav vechammitzVah vehammitzVah vemitzvoTeicha wə·ham·miṣ·wāh wə·ḵam·miṣ·wāh wəhammiṣwāh wəḵammiṣwāh

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 26:5
HEB: וַיִּשְׁמֹר֙ מִשְׁמַרְתִּ֔י מִצְוֹתַ֖י חֻקּוֹתַ֥י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃
NAS: My charge, My commandments, My statutes
KJV: my charge, my commandments, my statutes,
INT: and kept my charge my commandments my statutes and my laws

Exodus 15:26
HEB: תַּעֲשֶׂ֔ה וְהַֽאֲזַנְתָּ֙ לְמִצְוֹתָ֔יו וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֖ כָּל־
NAS: and give ear to His commandments, and keep
KJV: and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep
INT: and do and give to his commandments and keep all

Exodus 16:28
HEB: מֵֽאַנְתֶּ֔ם לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מִצְוֹתַ֖י וְתוֹרֹתָֽי׃
NAS: to keep My commandments and My instructions?
KJV: ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
INT: refuse to keep my commandments bullock

Exodus 20:6
HEB: לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֹתָֽי׃ ס
NAS: Me and keep My commandments.
KJV: me, and keep my commandments.
INT: love and keep my commandments

Exodus 24:12
HEB: הָאֶ֗בֶן וְהַתּוֹרָה֙ וְהַמִּצְוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּתַ֖בְתִּי
NAS: with the law and the commandment which
KJV: and a law, and commandments which I have written;
INT: the stone the law and the commandment which have written

Leviticus 4:2
HEB: בִשְׁגָגָה֙ מִכֹּל֙ מִצְוֹ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר
NAS: in any of the things which
KJV: through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD
INT: unintentionally any of the things the LORD which

Leviticus 4:13
HEB: אַחַ֨ת מִכָּל־ מִצְוֹ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: any of the things which
KJV: [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD
INT: any the whole of the things the LORD which

Leviticus 4:22
HEB: אַחַ֣ת מִכָּל־ מִצְוֹת֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהָ֜יו
NAS: of all the things which
KJV: [against] any of the commandments of the LORD
INT: any of all the things the LORD his God

Leviticus 4:27
HEB: בַּ֠עֲשֹׂתָהּ אַחַ֨ת מִמִּצְוֹ֧ת יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר
NAS: any of the things which
KJV: [somewhat against] any of the commandments of the LORD
INT: doing any of the things the LORD which

Leviticus 5:17
HEB: אַחַת֙ מִכָּל־ מִצְוֹ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֖ר
NAS: the LORD has commanded not to be done,
KJV: of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD;
INT: any all manner has commanded God which

Leviticus 22:31
HEB: וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֙ מִצְוֹתַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם
NAS: So you shall keep My commandments, and do
KJV: Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do
INT: shall keep my commandments and do I am

Leviticus 26:3
HEB: תֵּלֵ֑כוּ וְאֶת־ מִצְוֹתַ֣י תִּשְׁמְר֔וּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם
NAS: and keep My commandments so as to carry
KJV: and keep my commandments, and do
INT: my statutes walk my commandments and keep to carry

Leviticus 26:14
HEB: אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַמִּצְוֹ֖ת הָאֵֽלֶּה׃
NAS: out all these commandments,
KJV: unto me, and will not do all these commandments;
INT: carry all commandments these

Leviticus 26:15
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ מִצְוֹתַ֔י לְהַפְרְכֶ֖ם אֶת־
NAS: out all My commandments, [and] so break
KJV: so that ye will not do all my commandments, [but] that ye break
INT: to carry all my commandments break my covenant

Leviticus 27:34
HEB: אֵ֣לֶּה הַמִּצְוֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֨ר צִוָּ֧ה
NAS: These are the commandments which
KJV: These [are] the commandments, which the LORD
INT: These are the commandments which commanded

Numbers 15:22
HEB: אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַמִּצְוֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־
NAS: all these commandments, which the LORD
KJV: and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD
INT: observe all commandments these which

Numbers 15:31
HEB: בָּזָ֔ה וְאֶת־ מִצְוָת֖וֹ הֵפַ֑ר הִכָּרֵ֧ת ׀
NAS: and has broken His commandment, that person
KJV: and hath broken his commandment, that soul
INT: of the LORD has despised his commandment broken shall be completely

Numbers 15:39
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ מִצְוֹ֣ת יְהוָ֔ה וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם
NAS: all the commandments of the LORD,
KJV: upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD,
INT: and remember all the commandments of the LORD to do

Numbers 15:40
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ מִצְוֹתָ֑י וִהְיִיתֶ֥ם קְדֹשִׁ֖ים
NAS: all My commandments and be holy
KJV: and do all my commandments, and be
INT: to do all my commandments and be and be holy

Numbers 36:13
HEB: אֵ֣לֶּה הַמִּצְוֹ֞ת וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: These are the commandments and the ordinances
KJV: These [are] the commandments and the judgments,
INT: These are the commandments and the ordinances which

Deuteronomy 4:2
HEB: לִשְׁמֹ֗ר אֶת־ מִצְוֹת֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם
NAS: from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD
KJV: [ought] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD
INT: that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God

Deuteronomy 4:40
HEB: חֻקָּ֣יו וְאֶת־ מִצְוֹתָ֗יו אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י
NAS: His statutes and His commandments which
KJV: therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command
INT: shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I

Deuteronomy 5:10
HEB: [מִצְוֹתֹו כ] (מִצְוֹתָֽי׃ ק) ס
NAS: Me and keep My commandments.
KJV: me and keep my commandments.
INT: love and keep commanded

Deuteronomy 5:29
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ מִצְוֹתַ֖י כָּל־ הַיָּמִ֑ים
NAS: all My commandments always,
KJV: me, and keep all my commandments always,
INT: and keep all my commandments all always

Deuteronomy 5:31
HEB: אֵ֧ת כָּל־ הַמִּצְוָ֛ה וְהַחֻקִּ֥ים וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים
NAS: to you all the commandments and the statutes
KJV: and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes,
INT: about all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments

181 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 4687
181 Occurrences

bə·miṣ·waṯ — 4 Occ.
bə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
bə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ḵə·miṣ·waṯ- — 1 Occ.
ham·miṣ·wāh — 20 Occ.
ham·miṣ·wōṯ — 5 Occ.
kə·miṣ·waṯ — 5 Occ.
lə·miṣ·wāh — 1 Occ.
lə·miṣ·wō·ṯāy — 1 Occ.
lə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
lə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ.
mim·miṣ·wōṯ — 1 Occ.
mim·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
mim·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 3 Occ.
miṣ·wāh — 4 Occ.
miṣ·waṯ — 17 Occ.
miṣ·wā·ṯə·ḵā — 2 Occ.
miṣ·wā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.
miṣ·wōṯ — 25 Occ.
miṣ·wō·ṯay — 19 Occ.
miṣ·wō·ṯāw — 25 Occ.
miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 18 Occ.
ū·ḵə·miṣ·waṯ — 1 Occ.
ū·miṣ·wōṯ — 2 Occ.
ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay — 7 Occ.
ū·miṣ·wō·ṯāw — 4 Occ.
ū·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇam·miṣ·wāh — 1 Occ.
ū·ḇə·miṣ·wō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
wə·ḵam·miṣ·wāh — 1 Occ.
wə·ham·miṣ·wāh — 3 Occ.
ḇə·miṣ·wō·ṯe·ḵā — 1 Occ.